bin

Meaning

Noun

1. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
2. A container for rubbish or waste.
3. Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
4. Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
5. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon) Jail or prison.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
7. A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.

Verb

1. (British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
2. (British, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.
3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
4. (transitive) To place into a bin for storage.

Contraction

Contraction of being.

Verb

Alternative form of been.

Synonyms

container

binful

pot

receptacle

vessel

garbage can

chest

repository

cellar

box

📦

storehouse

granary

bucket

🪣

basket

🧺

barn

coffer

silo

trash can

bunker

stock room

storage

warehouse

potful

receiver

receptor

repertory

reservoir

rubbish

rubbish bin

stock

storage tank

store

storeroom

stowage

throw away

tidy

tin

tin can

toss

toss out

trash

trash bin

trashcan

trough

tub

vase

vault

wastebasket

🗑️

waste bin

Dumpster

Translations

poubelle

bidone

🥁

boîte

📦

Kasten

vuilnisbak

bote

⛵

cubo

cassone

Behälter

Abfalleimer

bak

seau

galleda

🪣

afvalbak

bac

⛴️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: binne

Inherited from Old English: binne

Cognate with Old Irish: buinne

Cognate with Welsh: benn

Cognate with Old Breton: benn

Cognate with Western Frisian: bin

Cognate with Middle Dutch: benne

Cognate with Dutch: ben

Cognate with German: Benne

In summary

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Proto-West Germanic *binnu, *binnā, from Gaulish benna (“four-wheeled cart; caisson”) (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh ben (“cart”), Old Breton benn (“caisson”)). Cognate with West Frisian bin (“wicker basket”), Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben (“wicker basket”), German Benne (“wheelbarrow”).